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N82RC

Cox Rondal R FALCON SPECIAL S1R

Valid Texas

N82RC is a Cox Rondal R FALCON SPECIAL S1R, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a piston engine. It has 1 seat. It is registered to an individual in Roanoke, Texas. The registration is valid: it was issued on January 23, 1992 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated March 31, 1987.

Aircraft

Maker
Cox Rondal R
Model
FALCON SPECIAL S1R
Serial number
0-540-2
Type
Fixed-wing, single engine
Power
Piston (reciprocating), 1 motor · Lycoming 0-540 SERIES · 250 hp
Seats
1
Year built
Not given
Transponder code
AB2FFC (octal 52627774)

Registration

Status
Valid registration
Certificate issued
January 23, 1992
Expires
April 30, 2029
Last FAA action
July 28, 2023
Airworthiness
Experimental · Amateur built · March 31, 1987
FAA region
Southwestern
FAA record id
00065420

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Shackelford John S JR
Type
Individual
Address
400 Boeing Way
Roanoke, TX 76262

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 1

—Cummings Robert H VARI-EZE · N-number assigned but not yet registered

Records check free · 2 to understand · 2 clear

The public federal record on N82RC, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Shackelford John S JR, an individual, certificate issued January 23, 1992, expires April 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

NOTEAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for amateur built; the FAA file gives no certificate date and no manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial 0-540-2 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N82RC was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Cummings Robert H VARI-EZE (serial 1, cancelled date not given). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

2 NTSB records under N82RC: Accident on April 10, 1988 at Lakeland, FL: serious injuries, substantial damage. Accident on February 1, 1986 at Lower Lake, CA: no injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

These live in the FAA aircraft records file (every document ever filed against the aircraft) and, for larger aircraft, the International Registry. Part of the full report.

PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

AD compliance against the logbooks and flight-activity reconciliation are researched layers of the full report.

NTSB records 2

MIA88DL001Accident on April 10, 1988 at Lakeland, FL: serious injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: O-540-2

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Falcon Special S/R · operated under 091

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for MIA88DL001 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

LAX86FVG01Accident on February 1, 1986 at Lower Lake, CA: no injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 1

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Commings VARI EZE · operated under 091

Search the NTSB's CAROL system for LAX86FVG01 for the docket and final report. Open CAROL

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of October 2, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through August 27, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

This automated check reads the public federal record. Nothing here is a legal opinion, an appraisal or a statement about the aircraft's condition; a CLEAR line is a statement about the searched record, not the aircraft.

Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, October 2, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data